Comments on: Religious Politics and Secular Values

By: Fernando Tasso

Fernando Tasso — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:37:28 +0000

Oxymoron is the name for a blatant contradiction between two terms, usually an adjective and a noun, like in “obscure light”. Now we have to find a new word for several (3+) terms contradicting each other like “critical thinking”, “common sense” and “creationist hypothesis”.

By: Ontelus Dan Gabriel

Ontelus Dan Gabriel — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 19:50:13 +0000

The secularism is the sign of the emergence of modern times. Despite a violent history, originated in illusions and idolatry, it is necessary for Homo sapiens the complementarity of the memory – including creationist hypothesis – and the critical thinking, which preserve the freedom and the common sense, not ideology and manipulation. The dignity of humankind consist in free will, the extraordinary fact to choose constantly between good and evil.

By: Timothy P. Meldrum

Timothy P. Meldrum — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:12:34 +0000

Wow, that was a very well done presentation–well thought out and well worded. Without question, evolution is a difficult topic. Even Darwin himself struggled with it and what it meant for our understanding of humanity itself. For me the key is this: faith (trust) and reason are two equally valid ways of knowing the truth, but each must be applied properly. My religion must not require me to deny any truth, either truth taught to me by a trustworthy source or truth discovered through the use of reason. The hard part is sometimes having to work out the details of the common ground between faith and reason.